Port Orange man charged with having sex with girl, 16

A 40-year-old Port Orange man was arrested and accused of engaging in sexual activities with a teenage girl, authorities said.

An arrest affidavit states Robert Daily III began having an unlawful sexual relationship with the 16-year-old girl he met in March while working at the Daytona Flea Market as a cellphone technician. The girl told police he flirted with her while she and a friend were having a cellphone fixed.

They later met at a motel on U.S. 1 and had sex after consuming alcohol, the girl told authorities. She also told police she continued to have sex with Daily at his Port Orange apartment.

The girl's mother contacted the South Daytona Police Department in late August after finding questionable pictures of her daughter on a cellphone Daily had given her as a gift, authorities said.

The case was transferred to Port Orange police, who organized a controlled phone call between Daily and the girl on Sept. 14 during which he made "incriminating statements" about their relationship, according to the affidavit.

Authorities met with Daily the following day, and he denied his relationship with the girl was anything more than just a friendship. After being confronted with tapes from the phone conversation, though, he admitted to the sexual relationship with the girl, and that he also was aware of her age at the time, the affidavit states.

Daily was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. He was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail and released after posting $20,000 bail.